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‘VOL. 4.
CHARLOTTE
TOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLA
ND, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1878 NO, 470.
THe Datty Examiner No, 85 Water St.
{s Published every Evening. OFFICE : INGS’ BUILDING, CORNER OF WATER AND GREAT GEORGE STREETS, Charlottetown, P. E. I.
KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION :
Six Months, $2 50 Three Months, 1 2 One Month, 0 50 One Week, 0 12
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es Advertising at most moderate rates, Contracta may be made for monthly, quar- terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appli-
cation. W. L. COTTON,
| J. W. MITCITELL, Manager.
Office Sup’t.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE NO. 10.
Fall and Winter Arrangement, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 187,
Trains Going West.
STATLONS. No. No. 3 a | Express. | Mixed. _ Georgetown Dp 9.10 am; 1 Cardigan aaa ‘s M.Stew’t Jun dpl 1 08 ae Royalty Jun. ae a ar 12. ”
Ch'town dp 9.00 sanDp 3.30 pm Royalty Jun. aes N. Wiltshire 1 «10,12 «| 4.45 « Hunter River “ier aes * Breadalbane —7 Oo, ** 1“ O44“ County Line | “Lees ** bts BSE K ensington “12.00 “< | * 6.30 ** ; lar 12.30 pm ar 7.00 ‘‘ Summerside dp 2.40 * Wellington ee © De Port Hill M2 os ee a ar 6.35 - Alberton dp 6.40 sé Tignish _far 7.25 Trains Going East. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 4 Express. Mixed. Alberton . dp 8.55 “ 0’ sé 9.58 44 Port Hill sana as Wellington “12.58 * s ide ar 12.50 pm a dp 2.30 “ |Dp 9.45am Kensington © 3.00 * | **10.15 ** County Line ** 3.40 * | **10.56 “* Breadalbane * 350 * | “21.07 * Hanter River 4.28 ** | 11.46 ** N. Wiltshire “4.45 * | 12.03 pm Royalty Jun. « 5.40 “ | “12.55 ar 6.00 ** jar 1.15 “ Ch'town dp 2.55 “« Royalty Jun. - a : Mt. Stewart dp 4.40 ‘6 Cardigan ** 6.00 * Georgetown ar 6.25 * —eEe_—— : SOURIS BRANCH. . Going West. Going East. } Nod | No.5 STATIONS. | Mixed. || STATIONS. Mixed. a. ae ee A. M, i P.M Souris Dp 8.00 Mts tw’tJncl Dp 4.40 Harmony ** §,25}| Morell * &22 St. Peters ** 9,40'|St. Peters « §.55 Morell — *€ 10.13|| Harmony - 7.4 MtS’tw’t Jnclar 10.55)|Souris ar 7.35
C. J. BRYDGES, WM. McKECHNIE, Gen. Sup. Gov. Railways Supt, P. E. I. R. Ch’town, Oeb 30,1878.
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JAMES HOBBS, .
CABINET-MARER,
UPHOLSTERER, ETC,
AS REMOVED from McPhail’s Corner
to the premises just vacated by Mr. Joux SrumpBies, Prince Street, where, with increased facilities, he is prepared to attend to the wants of his customers with punctuality and despatch, and on reasonable terms.
CARPETS cut and laid.
Pauiine and Repairing neatly done.
Picture Framesand Mouldings constantly on hand, or made up to order.
All kinds’6f' Household Furniture made-to order, cheap and good.
New Pattern School Desks made at sho:t notice. A first-class article.
sar Don’t forget the place: PRINCE STREET (nearthe new Baptist Church in course of erection).
Charlottetown, Oct. 26, 1878—
_._ NEW. BOOKS, NHW TOYS
atid a general assortment of Faney Articles and Stationery, at “HASZARD’S BOOKSTORE, * West Side Queen Square. Dec, 7—3w 2aw _
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Charlottetown.
‘Prince Bdward Island Branch
—oOF THE—
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE __ FIRE. AND LIFE.
INSURANCE CO.
Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capital, a 1,216,666.00
CHIEF OF FICES—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street.
Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.
Fire Insurances effected on nearly every description of Property, at the LowmsT RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk.
LOSSES settled with promptitude and liber-
ality. G&. W. DEBLOISs, yeneral Agent. Dec. 14. ROBERT HARRIS,
ARTIST, FULL’S BRICK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET. Porrrairs Painted from Life, &c., during
the next six months. Noy. 30. 1S78—
QUEEN INSURANCE CO'Y.
OF ENGLAND.
CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
i aa, Gee effected on all kinds of Build- age Merchandise and Produce. Also, on Vessels on the stocks. Special rates for isolated residences, Losses settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward Island June, 1877—
BROADWAY HOUSE,
BY MACKENZIE.
FYNHE former “City Hotel,” now the
Broadway House, Urcat George Street, opposite the Catholic Cathedral, is now open for Permanent and Transient Boarders.
The rooms have been thoroughly renovated and newly furnished.
The tables will be supplied with the best the market affords, and fares reasonable.
A Suite of Rooms convenient for a small family, together with board &c., can be had in the aed House.
Nov. 23, 1878—
FRANK COX, M.D. 6.M.,
Physician, Surgeon & Accouchenr.
OFFIce APOTHECARIES HALL.
Residence ; Capt. Mutch’s, Water Street, next door to St. Lawrence Hotel,
N. B.—Particular attention paid to diseases of the chest and stomach.
Ch’town, Nov. 16, 1878—3m
EG. HUNTER, Italian and American Marble,
Monuments, Tablets, Headstones,
Crenrre Tasie Tors, Burrau anp ComMopreE Tors, Wasu Bow. Sass, &c., &c.
Prices to suit, and satisfaction guaranteed. aa Designs furnished on application. @a
Corner Hillsborough and Kent Streets, Char- ottetown.
November 6, 1878.
DR. CREAMER, |PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Kent Street, Charlottetown,
(Three doors from Dr. Johnson’s).
a@ LNTRANCE BY SIDE DOOR. “@ Oct, 15—3m
RANKIN HOUSE,
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I.
J. J. DAVIES - - - Proprietor (Formerly of St. Lawrence Hotel, Pictou).
oo well-known Hotel is now open under the present management ; and, having been newly furnished throughout, it offers every comfort to the travelling public. Suit- able Sample Rooms for commercial gentlemen.
Oct. 15, 1878—3m
TO LET,
rP\HE HOUSE and SHOP at corner of Ken
and Hillsborough Streets, near King
Square, being an excellent business s » OC-
eupied by . Cartmill ; also his Residence
fronting on Hillsborough Street, adjoining the
orton er whites Possession given * JOHN BALL.
Ch’town, Dec, 10, 1878— 2aw till 1st jan pat
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Tue Datty EXAMINER.
DECEMBER 19, 1878.
A YEAR and a half have rolled away ; and the Dairy Examiner still lives.
Indeed it may now be truly said that the Datry ExaMINeR is one of the “ institu- tions” of the Province.
An appetite for a daily paper has been, formed; and, judging by the increasing sales of the Datty Examiner in the city, along the line of railway, and in the various towns throughout the Province, it is doubtful if the people could live without their daily
er.
Hard though the times and dark the pros- pect of the coming winter, it is our inten- tion to continue the publication of the Datry Examiner, so that the popular de- mand may be supplied.
Throughout the winter we intend to sup- ply to the public, by means of the Datry ExaMINeR, a daily telegra:n containing news of all the notable events which. shall tran- spire throughout the world im this great, crisis of its history.
Through the Darty Examiner the people of the Island shall—from day to day—and, independently of the Northern Light or Muttart and Irving—be informed of what is transpiring in Afghanistan, in Russia, in Germany, in the neighboring Republic, and most important of all—in the mother country.
We shall, if possible, send a special cor- respondent to report for the Datmmy Examt- NER the Parliamentary proceedings at Ottawa, with special reference to those which most directly and most deeply inter- est the people of this Island.
The local news shall be given through the Datty ExaMtNer promptly,*truly and. as full as possible.
For the large means required to carry out this work we look to the people whose wants the Damy Examiner will supply, and whose varied interests we shall assidu- ously endeavor to promote.
The original subscribers of the Datny EXAMINER will, in the course of a few days, be called upo.. for a renewal of their favors.
The beginning of another term is a gooa time to subscr*be ; and persons who have not hitherto taken the Damry ExaMINnER would do well to subseribe now.
In connection with the Darty ExaMINER the WrekLy Examiner will be issued, at the unprecedentedly low subscription price of ONE DOLLAR a year—payment to be made in advance.
LONDON HOUSE.
We are now Showing our Large and Varied Stock of
CARPETS,
Just arrived per S. 8. ‘* Prince Edward,” in
Brussels, Tapestry, 2 & 3 Ply Scotch, Felt and Unions, Felt. Squares, Hearth Rugs, Oil Cloths.
GEO. DAVIES & GO.
Ch’town, Nov. 25—4w 2aw Office of the Singer: Manufae turing Company.
No. 281 Norre Dame Srresr,
Montreal, P, Q., Nov. 9, 1878 To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :—
This is to certify that Mr. Robert Young, of Charlottetown, P. E. I., has been duly ap- pointed by us as our Agent for the sale of our genuine ‘‘Singer” Sewing Machines, and that he is the only Agent we have for this purpose on Prince Eward Island.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO’'Y,
Henry E Scorcumer, Attorney-in-fact.
Nov, 14, 1878—Im
COAL. COAL.
OUND ;AND NUT COAL cheap for cash, by
Ww. W. CLARKE, Agent. Head Lord’s Wharf, Charlottetown, Nov. 23.
HAY PRESS FOR SALE.
A BARGAIN—A HAY apparatus complete,
OR SAL® AT PRESS, with Terms easy. Apply to LONGWORTH & HASZARD,
Solicitors. Ch’town, Nov. 23, 1878--
HE WEEKLY EXAMINER, — Per- sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerning P. E. bist ieacret donee a better or cheap; er way than - by subacribi
eee Sent, to any address m Great Britain, the 1 nived States, or the
to THe Wergsxur
Dominion, ‘on receipt of One Dollar.
A Halifax Mystery.
Very little was said in the Halifax papers about some strange occurrences said to have taken place in a certain house in that city recently. ‘The Amherst (uzelte gives the following in relation to the matter—the re- sult of an ‘‘interview with a resident of
Halifax * : —
The house Mr. M. occupied during the manifestations, and frem which he was obliged to remove on account of their effect upon members of his family, is a very re- spectable looking two-story building, with shop in lower flat—the whole having been occupied by him. He now occupies another building not far from it, having been obliged to remove through ‘‘circumstances over which he had no control,” though he assured us that he had resolutely deter- mined not to leave the house until ‘‘the power” pitched him from it by force, and only changed his mind on account of the severe illness produced upon his daughter —the one principally wrought. upon—and his wife, who became prostrated from at- tending her.
About the first of September last the house referred to was occupied by himself and family as tenants, and had been for 2 years and 7 months. The family consisted of himself and wife, three daughters, aged 18, 22 and 25, a son of 27, who worked in the shop, two young men as_ boarders, one of them being the husband of the eldest daughter, and an apprentice. The follow- ing is his statement, corruborated by his son, in reply to our questions :—
The first intimation I had of anything unusual was one night about the first of September, soon after all in the house had retired. I had -fallen asleep, and was aroused by my wife saying sume one was rapping at the door; then both heard it. On going to the door I feund no one, but the rapping continued. I aroused the household, and all heard the noise— 3 raps in quick succession, then a pause— which seemed to be in the outer wall, and continued for some time. Fora week this occurred at nights, after which it took place in the daytime also, following, apparently, the two girls to all parts of the house, from cellar to attic. 1 often had people on the roof and stationed outside to watch, but there was no visible cause.
One evening it was found that the knock- ing kept time with a tune which one of the young men whistled, and this afterwards occurred in the case of several tunes of dif- ferent measures, and it became so accom- modating as to beat the time of any tune asked. We frequently asked questions, and replies were given by raps, always correct- ly, so far as we could decide, except that it erroneously gave us to understand that the place would be destroyed in 20 days, at which time we had left, though the furni- ture had not all been removed. About the 10th day the young men’s trunks in their rooms, as well as tables, would pile them- selves on the bed; the parlor table turned upside down; clothing was thrown from hooks; a bedstead on which two girls were lyingone Sunday afternoon moved from the wall te the centre of their room, at other times beds in three rooms moved; in fact, something moved in every rvom in the house.
For a time the disturbance was greatest in the room of one of the young men, where heavy chests were moved. One evening a large homemade hearth-rug followed one of the girls down the stairease. At length the disturbances took place whether the girls were in or out.
While we were moving I stood, one day, just at the top of the staircase, with my hand on the balustrade, when I saw a heavy roll of oilcloth, which had been taken from the floor of the second story, coming towards me. It made-no grating on the floor, and came eight or ten feet, stopping within a foot of where I stood. Many pots of flow- ers, occupying a whole stand, moved from the stand to the floor, on one occasion, without the breaking of a pot or the spilling of water in the saucers. Sometimes all the chairs in the room would simultaneously re- volve, and turn bottom upwards.
One evening one of the young men said he was playing the piano, when the time was beaten by distinct thumps. We heard the jarring in the shop below and went up in order to see what was taking place, and found the young man considerably ter- rified.
A lady—a relative of the landlord—came in one evening and conversed with the in- visible by means of raps. The landlord afterwards told me he could not expect me to stay and be thus annoyed, and | finally resolved, in the interests of my family, to leave, though I now regret that I did not remain myself, to see whether I would be ejected bodily. The woman who cleaned the house as we removed—a resolute per- son—found the broom following her down stairs, and left, nor could she be induced to return.
I kept working in the shop a short time after removing from the dwelling apart- ments. One day one ef my daughters was fitting a pair of boot tops at the sewing ma- chine, when something appeared to strike her on the back and she was thrown down. The rapping continued in the shop after removal from the other apartments, but nothing of the kind was heard after the whole had been vacated.
‘Several people who came in charged us with being, voluntarily, the cause, and I almost resolved to allow no more persons to enter except sensibile people who might see that we would not willingly subject our-
selves to all these annoyances, to illness, the payment of heavy doctor's bills, and finally the loss in removing from premises with which we were well suited. Even my pastor annoyed me by remarks he made and which he must retract before I can again feel as I should under his pastorate. Still, I blame no one for disbelieving, as without experiencing it I could not have believed such things would take place. All that bothers me is—I wish the cause could be ascertained, .
This is but a brief account of the mani- festations as reported to us. From other sources we learn that the origin seems to have been similar to that of the Amherst transactions, namely, a fright experienced by one of the young ladies. At the time of our visit their new quarters had been oc- cupied but a short time, and the trouble had not followed them. It will be seen that there are some striking similarities in the two cases.
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$6,000,000 Shrinkage in Stocks
The following table shows the heavy de- cline in stocks, which has taken place since the 24th Sept., and represents a shrinkage of six million dollars :-—
Sept. 24. Dec. 13.
Bank of Montreal, 72? 137 Ontario Bank, 85 66 Consolidated Bank, 75 59 Merchants Bank of Canada 983 57 Bank of Toronto, 142 118 Canadian Bank of Commerce, 115 101 Jaeques Cartier Bank, 43 324 Montreal Telegraph 117 1083 Richelieu & Ontario Nav. Co. 63 46 Exchange Bank of Canada, 80 69 Bank du People, 70 57
Of course it must be considered that a number of these stocks have paid dividends in the meantime.
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Hamine in Morocco.
Despatches from the American consul at Tangier givea deplorable account of the condition of affairs in Morocco. Cholera still ravages the country, and unless the outside world comes to the relief of the people, a fearful decimation of the popula- tion by starvation is threatened. At Cazad- lance there have been 1,369 deaths b cholera, small-pox and typhoid fever in sy days. Misery at Tangier is caused by the cessation of business, as well as by the epi- demic, which is on the increase. The only communication with the outer world bei with Gibralter semi-monthly for fiour al other food supplies, the cholera and famine are carrying off hundreds in the city of Morocco. At Suffi and Magador the epi- demic also prevails. At a small village near Alcazar the cholera and fever swept off 36 out of 37 inhabitants.
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Fashion Notes.
Very high, narrow back combs are worn.
Walking shoes have small round box- toes.
Gentlemen’s overcoats collars.
Dinner and evening square-necked.
The favorite button is metals of three colors.
The fashionable bridesmaid’s dress is white satin and tulle.
Fancy, basket-woven ribbons are shown for ladies’ neck-wear.
Fashionable walking boots have cloth tops to match the costume.
Round and flat topped manish Derbys are worn by young ladies.
Metal buttons for trimming waistcoats of all kinds are very fashionable.
Plain black silk socks are de riyewerer for wear, with patent-leather pumps.
Uncut velvet is a stylish material for ladies’ waistcoats, collars and cuffs.
Paniers for making full-dress toilets bouffant on the hips are in the market.
Dolman visites and fur-lined circulars are the fashionable wraps this season.
Bonnets faced with fur and trimmed with ostrich features are worn in Paris.
English velvet, with long pile, is the fashionable material for morning jackets.
are given velvet dresses are cut
the Japanese, in
Scotch plaid ribbons are very fashionable either for hat trimmings or neck wear.
Black velvet bands around the neck are revived for evening full dress occasions.
Jet passementerie and jet and silk fringes are much used in trimming black silk toilets.
Grey camei’s hair cloth caps trimmed with bands of fur or feathers are novelties in children’s wear.
Bonnet strings are no longer crossed in the back over the hair or in the nape of the neck by fashionable women.
The newest fashion of ladies’ hats ia just out. Itisasort of two-story hen’s nest, with an owl’s eyebrow on one side anda squirrel’s tail on the other, and is worn on a projection of seaweed about six inehes in rear of the head.
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Some of the smaller insects, naturalists say, can make louder noises with their throats than men tan. They can’t imitate that peculiar guttural noise that a man makes at regular intervals, when he is
ing just in front of the forward end of a bottle.
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